Closed In the Sun

[Hunter Robinson]

Hunter grabbed the pencil that Casper gave to him and looked weirdly at the other boy when he asked for Hunter's self portrait. Clearly he didn't know what he was in for.
Hunter sticked his tongue out and furrowed his brows in concentration, he started by drawing a circle for his head and added two smaller circles inside it for the eyes. He drew an inverted seven for the nose and added a thin line for the mouth. He colored an even smaller circle inside the circle eyes to represent his iris. A little drop of sweat fell from his hair to the paper but he was so focused that he did not notice that. "What do you think?" Hunter asked completely unaware of the lack of years and hair in his drawing.

 

[Casper Kinnek]

Casper watched Hunter, not really surprised by the simplicity. He was holding the pencil right, even if his grip was a little too tight. "Try to loosen your grip a little," He told Hunter, thinking about what he'd seen. "Here," He murmured, scooting in a little closer without thinking. "This is a good starting place," He thought a moment. "Alright, let's start with placing," He spent several minutes gently guiding Hunter along, showing him a few simple tricks, like starting with lighter lines and how and where to place things on the face. He looked up after a bit, unthinkingly brushing his own hair back and leaving another little streak of charcoal on his face. "Is this making sense?" He asked softly.